The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-09
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-
House Caucusee Held and Nomina.
tions Resolved Upon-Dem-
ocrats
Renominatc Speaker Carlisle Hurt
For D00rkeeper; John B. Clarke
For Clerk;
Dalton For Postmaster Republican Nom
nations Headed BY Thomas B. Reed
For Speaker.

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nations Headed by Thomas B. Reed
| For Speaker.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Democratic
members Of the House OF Representatives
met in the hail OF the House at eight o. clock
Saturday night Hon. 4. s. Cox. Of New
York, was chosen chaiSnan. Messrs Will
son, Of West. Virginia, and Blanchard, OF
Louisiana. were chosen secretaries.
Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, in q
brief speech placed before the caucus tho
| name of John q. Carlisle for Speaker, and
the nomination was made bv reclamation
amid enthusiastic applause.
In acknowledging the confidence reposed
in him by his party Mr.. Carlisle said: ''Mr.
Chairman and gentlemen OF the caucus:
scarcely know in what terms to express
my thanks for this second unanimous re-
nomination. for the high Office of Speaker
Of the House Of Representatives.. But the
generous confidence hitherto and still re-
posed in mo by my Democratic associates
requires something more at my hands than
mere verbal expressions OF gratitude, and
perhaps they may be very well omitted.
My appreciation Of it will be shown by q
faithful and conscientious discharge of
duty in the position to which you propose
o assign me, and this you have right to
lemand, not merely a. an indication OF
action, but rs practical acknowledgment
on my part Of high and solemn Obliga-
ton. The office for which you have
nominated me is q very laborious and
| responsible one, and requires d degree of
patience and industry which frequently
taxes to the utmost all the mental and
physical powers Of the incumbent, and if
| should sometimes fail to inset all the re-
quirements Of the position know you will
be charitable enough to attribute it to a
want OF ability rather than any
other cause. need not speak on this occa-
sion of the Importance of the approaching
session Of Congress. think we all ap-
preciate it, and perhaps there is
not one among US who would
not gladly escape, il he could, from
the responsibilities which tho situ-
alton imposes upon him, but we CAN not es-
cape from them. As the representatives of
the people we are here to do the work
which the interests Of the people require,
and we must dot, or at least make an honest
effort to do it. Twill give way to the trans
action Of other business"
NOulluatlOuS WcTc tucu DOOT-
kee. er as follows: Samuel DonelsOn. OF
Tennessee: A. b. Hurt. OF Miss, ssippi; Will
s. Raines. OF New York; ID. K. Keeder. Of
Pennsylvania. and Dan House, OF Michigan.
The first ballot resulted: DonelsOn, -;
Hurt, So; Raines, q; Reeder, 4; House, 4.
On the second ballot the New York dele
cation turned to Hurt aud break began,
which quickly gave him q majority. The
inn, nbsos lxy do
nous.
After the nomination of Doorkecper,
Lycurgus Dalton, OF Indiana, was rcnom.
mated Postmaster and Rev. w. II. MI
burn, the blind preacher, was renOminateI
for Chaplain.
For Clerk Hon. John r. Clarke, of Mis-
souri,, was chosen.
TIE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-The Republican
members Of the House of Representatives
held their first caucus sessiOn Saturday
afternoon. or the Republican Representa-
tives, 153 members, III were in attendance.
Meme OF the four Independent members
elect were present. Representative J. e.
Cannon, OF Illinois, and Representative
Louis McComas, of Mary land, were respec-
lively reelected chairman and secretary
Of the caucus.
Representative Mckinley. Of Ohio NOM
mated Thomas b. Reed, of Speaker, and
the nomination was confirmed by acclama-
ton.
Nominations for the remaining officers Of
the next House were then made as follows:
Edmund Mcpherson, of Pennsylvania, by
Representative Bayne, for Clerk; Daniel
Shepherd, of Illinois, by Mr.. Adams,
for Sergeant-at-Arms; w. I. Fitch, OF
Ohio, by Mr.. Butterworth. for DOorkcepcr:
Charles II. Greer, of Dakota, by Mr.. Nelson,
for Postmaster, and Francis w. Thomas,
of Indiana, by Mr.. Browne. for Chap
lain. The nominations were agreed to with.
out debate, except in the case of Mr.. Greer,
over whose nomination some little discus.
sion arose rs to the propriety of recoguiz.
ing the Territories in the distribution Of
House officers.
Mr.. Thomas, nominated for Chaplain, is
q minister Of the Society Of Friends. and is
well known in the West as the Quaker
preacher.
After a long discussion the caucus au.
thorized the chairman to appoint a commit.
tee Of eleven members to be known Us
the caucus committee" and to be charged
with the duty Of calling the caucus together
whenever II is necessary. Only an Incl.
dental mention was made Of the tariff, and
no attempt was made TO outline policy.
A FIGHT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-During the Demo-
cratic caucus Saturday night Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, of Arkansas, made a fierce attack
upon Captain DonclsOn, candidate for Door.
keeper Of the House. He was replied tC
rather warmly by Mr.. BlOunt, OF Georgia,
who disputed some Of the statements made
by the gentleman from Arkansas. Finally
Mr.. BreckirriGge charged Mr.. Blount with
uttering words which were not true and the
latter, who was near the former, dealt HIM
q blow in the face which staggered him.
Mr.. Breckenridge rallied. dealt Mr. Blount
sharp retaliatory blow on the nose and
the two men clinched and began smuggling
at short arms measure. Here Doorkeeper
COOkley, Of New York, interfcrcd and sep
arated the cOmbatants. There vas intense
excitement for u few minutes, but quiet
was finally restored. and the consideration
Of the subject under discussion was re-
sumed. subsequently the combatants
were brought together, and after in inter-
change OF apologies shook hands.
-1nere Was 40 uo.IU. gOvu reason Tor
the practice Of the Hebrews to read and to
write from right to left. We have often
specula'ei and inquired about it, and
while we cOald not learn any thing very
tangible m regard to it, We are quite con-
WINGED that the most pertinent reason lies
in the fast that our vision from right to left
Is much clearer and stronger than it is
from left TO right Naturally, so we are
informed, there is no difference in nerves
or in the optic arrangement Of the human
eye between the right or the left eye, yet
our own inquiries and observations show
clearly that we are all, or most all, dis
posed, when we take an article of mer.